Dumping-wagon.



Patented Sept. 2, I902.

3.1.1. GLENN. DUIIPING WAGON.

(Application filed Kay 28, 1 902.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT J. GLENN, OF VERONA, ILLINOIS.

DUMPlNG-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 708,134, dated September 2, 1902.

Application filed May 28, 1902. Serial No. 109,376- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,v

Beit known that I, ROBERT J.'GLENN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Verona, in the county of Grundy and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Dumping- Wagon, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in dumping-wagons.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of dumping-wagons and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one designed for hauling earcorn, grain, and the like and capable of enabling the same to be readily discharged at one side of the wagon-body.

A further objectof the invention is to provide awagon body or bed of this character adapted to be used on any ordinary runninggear.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a d umping-wagon body constructed in accordance with this-invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, partlyin elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken transversely of the wagon-body and illustrating the construction of' the discharge-chute.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlngs.

1 designates a wagon-body provided with sides 2 and 3 and ends 4 and having a sloping bottom composed of an inclined side portion or section 5 and inclined end sections 6. The end sections 6 incline downward longitudinally of the vehicle-body and terminate short of the center of the same, and the inclined side portion" or section 5is provided with a central transverse extension '7, extending downward below the lower ends of the sections 6 and forming the bottom of, a discharge-chute. The lower ends of the sections 6 are supported by transverse cleats 8, projecting from the sides of the wagon-body and supporting the side steps Qand 10, and depending from. the transverse cleats are short side pieces 11, forming the sides of the discharge spout or chute. The side pieces 11, which depend from the cleats S, extend inward beyond the inner longitudinal edges of the same to form supporting-shoulders 12 for a slide or cut-01f 13, which closes the discharge spout or chute at the top thereof and completes the bottom of the wagon-body. The slide or cut-off is supported by transverse cleats 14, secured to its lower face, it being preferably composed of tongue-and grooved bars, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and any suitable means may be employed for securingthe slide in its closed position. The lower end 15 of the extension 12 is supported by a horizontal bar 16, secured to the side pieces 11 and located below the adjacent step 10, being preferably secured in place by continuous bolts 17, extending through the step, the cleats, the side pieces, and the bottom bar 16. Asupplemental chute is designed to be employed fol-conducting the contents of the dumping-wagon from the discharge spout or chute to a bin or elevator or the like.

The wagon-body, which is removably arranged on the ordinary running-gear, when in use is adapted to be turned end for end to arrange the discharge spout or chute at either side, and the inclined side section, which may extend to the top of the side 3, preferably extends only about midway between the top and bottom of thesame to provide the necessary inclination or slope for the extension 7.

It will be seen that the dumping-wagon is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction and that the contents will automatically discharge through the spout or chute at the bottom when the slide or cut-off is opened.

What I claim is 1. A dumping-wagon comprising a body having a;bottom composed of oppositely-inclined tapering end sections terminating short of the center and spaced apart thereat, and an oppositely-tapered transversely-inclined side section extending through the space between the inner ends of the end sections and forming a continuous incline from one side of the body to the other, sides depending from the body and forming with the extension of the side section, a discharge spout or chute, and a cut-off, substantially as described.

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2. A dumping-wagon comprising a body having a bottom composed of inclined end sections terminating short of the center of the body, and an inclined side section having a central transverse extension extending do \vnward between the ends of the end sections, cleats extending transversely of the body and supporting the lower ends of the end sections, side pieces arranged at the side edges of the central transverse extension of the inclined side section and projecting inward beyond the cleats to form supporting-shoulders, and a horizontal slide arranged on the supportingshoulders, substantially as described.

3. A dumping-wagon comprising a body having a bottom composed of inclined end sections, and an inclined side section having a transverse extension extending downward my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in 30 the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT J. GLENN.

\Vitnesses:

L. A. WHITTEMORE, H. II. MCCORMICK. 

